Research Catalog

Title

Jimi Hendrix FAQ : all that's left to know about the Voodoo Child / Gary J. Jucha.

Author

Jucha, Gary

Publication

Milwaukee, WI : Backbeat Books, 2013.

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Details

Description

xvii, 363 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

Details the life and career of the rock musician, describing his roots, early gigs, classic recordings, iconic performances, and untimely death at age twenty-seven. --Publisher

Series Statement

FAQ series

Alternative Title

Jimi Hendrix frequently asked questions

Subject

• Hendrix, Jimi
• Rock musicians > United States > Biography

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• I'm wondering if they don't want me around : at last the beginning -- Where do I purchase my ticket? The early haze -- You sill see a few minds being blown : Hendrix and contemporary British lead guitarists -- Everybody knows it's the same old story : rhythm and blues reconfigured -- She's trying to put my body in her brain : girlfriends and groupies -- Can you see me? Hendrix on film -- Here I come to save the day : the debut album : Are you experienced -- Guaranteed to raise a smile : Jimi Hendrix meets the Beatles -- If my daddy could see me now : conquering America -- Don't let your imagination take you by surprise : science fiction and the fantastic in Jimi Hendrix's lyrics -- It's too bad our friends can't be with us today : the London entourage -- Go to Hell with your hustling ways : business problems
• The dodgy subject : things gone wrong -- Haven't I seen you somewhere in Hell? The difficult bassist : Noel Redding -- I wanna ride you with sounds and emotions : Electric Ladyland -- You say you want me to take you for a drive : original rock composers -- We gotta stand side by side : guest appearances -- I can hear Atlantis : the Jimi Hendrix Experience's best unheard music -- There's a red house over yonder : Remodeling "Red house" -- Let the drummer play : the Experience's evolutionary drummer : Mitch Mitchell -- By the time we got to Woodstock : Gypsy Sun and Rainbows -- Have you heard about the midnight rambler? The Rolling Stones meet Jimi Hendrix -- Gonna be a lotta rearranging' : the Band of Gypsys -- Evil men make me : Band of Gypsys' musical legacy -- You gotta practice what they preach : American artist, not revolutionary
• Here come the bad side : realism in Jim Hendrix's later lyrics -- I travel at the speed of a reborn man : the second experience -- If I don't see you no more in this world : the death of Jimi Hendrix -- Not quite touching the promised land : Electric Lady Studios -- May you never hear surf music again : Hendrix in the culture -- I used to live in a room full of mirrors : the posthumous years -- They may even wrap me in cellophane and sell me : the best Alan Douglas productions -- Can'tcha tell I'm doing fine? The best estate releases -- Taking for granted : Greek classical elements in Hendrix's lyrics -- They were still arguin' about me then : the Hendrixian Library -- Anger, he smiles, towering in shiny metallic purple armor : the best Jimi Hendrix recording.

ISBN

• 9781617130953
• 1617130958

LCCN

^^2012040963

OCLC

• 809610879
• SCSB-11633051

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library